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      Our people plying Owode Yewa Road will soon feel the presence of the Ogun State Public Works Agency (OGPWA). Although the road is a federal road, but due to the discomfort being experienced by residents and other road users along this axis, His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun has graciously approved that palliative works be done on the failed portion of the road - Orilawe to Four Corner in Owode Yewa. Workers of OGPWA will soon move to the site to commence palliatives. Thanks. SF Emmanuel Ojo. SSA to the Governor on New Media. More photos below.

          The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Monday, October 7, 2019 called on the people of Benue to shun all forms of corruption and to join hands with the EFCC in the fight against graft. . . Magu gave the charge at the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Commission when he made a working visit to the Benue State capital. . . During his interraction with journalists, the acting Chairman reiterated the determination of the EFCC to battle corruption and financial crimes to a standstill in the country and urged the media and all the people of Benue to join hands in fighting the menace called corruption. . . According to him, "We need your support in fighting this corruption, I want you to join us in the fight. Corruption is like the rain beating down on everybody. All of us have a responsibility in fighting against it", he said. . .While clarifying that EFCC was not witch-hunting anyone, he said, "I can not ident...

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Augustine Ighodalo to five years imprisonment for criminal offence bordering on retention of proceeds to the tune of $1,049,251.84 (One Million, Forty-nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty-one United States Dollars, Eighty-four Cent) before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The convict was arraigned on September 26, 2019 on a three-count charge bordering on “transfer of criminal proceeds to a nominee”, following intelligence report received by the Commission from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI.

      Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, October 7, 2019, ordered the temporary forfeiture of four bank drafts totalling N37.5m and a hotel, La Diva, belonging to Calistus Obi, a former acting Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Justice Saidu gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic an d Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo. The hotel, which is located at Block V, Phase V and Plot11, Core Area, Asaba, Delta State, comprises 22 rooms, a lobby bar, a restaurant, a kitchen, a swimming pool, a 350-seater hall, a gymnasium and a parking lot sitting on a 3000-metre square of land. Justice Saidu adjourned the case to November 4, 2019 for further hearing.

     An act of kindness rendered to a robbery victim by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Ogudu Police Station in Lagos was on Monday rewarded by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who personally invited the kind hearted police officer to the State House for an honour. Sanwo-Olu described Mrs. Celestina Kalu, a Superintendent of Police (SP), as “a humane police officer”, saying her decision to save the life of an orphan, Friday Ajabor, shot by a two-man robbery gang in Ojota, was a “matchless trait of compassion”. Ajabor, a 25-year-old orphan from Edo State, was at the Ojota with his friend at about 8pm on September 19 when two men of the underworld waylaid them, attempting to dispossess them of their valuables. They struggled with the robbers, until the assailants overpowered them. Ajabor’s friend managed to escape from the scene with their personal effects, leaving him at the mercy of the robbers armed with a local pistol. For struggling w...

     President Buhari presides over Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting in State House on 7th Oct 2019.More details later and more photos below.

     President Buhari declares Open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on 7th Oct 2019 NESG 3: President Buhari with L-R: Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Chairman NESG Asue Ighodalo, Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed, Minister of State Finance, Budget and National Planning Clement Agba, Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II and other dignitaries as he declared Open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit i n Abuja on 7th Oct 2019 NESG 8: President Buhari with Mr Dayo Adedayo during his tour of Exhibition stands after he declared Open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on 7th Oct 2019 NESG 10: President Buhari receiving a presentation of items made by IDPs from MD of Emergency Coordination Centre Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija at the IDP Shelter Boot during his tour of Exhibition stands after he declared Open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on 7th Oct 2019 with them is Ch...

      In line with the impassioned quest of the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,NPM, mni for reinventing the image of the Force and repositioning the Police Spokespersons for optimal performance as critical stakeholders, particularly in the implementation of the National Community Policing Model, the Nigeria Police Force is organizing a four-day Strategic Training Workshop for Police Public Relations Officers across the country, tagged “Police PROs and Effective Communication in Contemporary Times” from 8th - 11th, October, 2019 at the Banquet Hall of the Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake, in the beautiful and serene town of Agulu, near Awka, Anambra State. The Training Workshop, which will be coordinated by the Office of the Force Public Relations Officer, will bring together all Police Public Relations Officers from the twelve (12) Police Zonal Commands, the thirty-six (36) States Commands, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Staff Officers of the Force ...

     N900m Did Not Turn to Paper in EFCC ... The Real Story The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to several online reports alleging that about N900 million (Nine Hundred Million Naira) of mutilated naira notes, being subject of prosecution at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, and kept in several boxes in EFCC's custody has turned to paper. The report is very mischievous and a gross misrepresentation of facts of the matter. It is imperative to note that the case was reported to the EFCC by the CBN in 2015 and the parties involved are currently in court. In the course of investigations, EFCC operatives visited the CBN office in Ibadan to inspect the said boxes and discovered that the monies had been tampered with. This discovery was what informed the EFCC's involvement in the case, resulting in interrogation of suspects and subsequent prosecution. At no point were the boxes of the mutilated naira notes taken to the offi...

     OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRESS RELEASE VP OSINBAJO TO PARTICIPATE IN NORDIC-AFRICAN BUSINESS SUMMIT IN OSLO *To hold bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Norway In pursuit of the Buhari administration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, especially regarding the active mobilization of foreign investment, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be honouring a personal invitation of the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, to attend the Nordic-African Business Summit in Oslo this week. The invitation is a long standing one and the event, holding from Monday to Wednesday, is being organized to give particular prominence to trade and investment ties between Africa and the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The summit will attract the largest Nordic companies doing business or interested in doing business in Nigeria, with interests in agriculture, light manufacturing, transportation, digital technology and enter...

      A ghastly motor accident occurred at about 15.00hrs Sunday October 6,2019 around Obasanjo Farm, along Abeokuta-Ifo road ,Ogun State . Within seconds, The Road Safety Commander (pix left), M A Ajayi, who is an Asst. Route Commander, RS2.2 Ogun State Command drove in with his team following an alert they received from a motorist who saw the accident as it happened. The wounded passengers were so many for the Commander"s car to convey them to the hospital. Ajayi was just too impatient to negotiate for and wait for the arrival of an ambulance! He dashed to the road and stopped this man (Pix left) Mr Thomas Pedepo, who was traveling in his Hilux Van to Badagry. Pedepo volunteered his vehicle and suspended his trip to Badagry. And Within seconds, the victims were put in the two vehicles and Pedepo and Ajayi raced against time to the hospital. Within a short time frame they took some of the wounded to the the Federal Medical Centre and the others to the General Hospitals...

     Nollywood actress Esther Audu Ojire shared this photo today with the caption '' The greatest feeling in my whole existence is just looking at you my boy and knowing you are mine and I am your mother. Even with the sleepless nights and 30min intervals of breastfeeding I still love every bit of it, an experience I will not trade for silver or gold or anything in this world. Chevaughn Ojire   @ojirechevaughn   You have brought me so much joy and fulfillment,your daddy and I love you so much. I pray God provide us the resources and strength to give you the best of life. You are blessed and protected, the arm of the Lord surround you. No evil eyes will befall ,see or come near you . You Are my answered prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏. Signed _____your mother. Cc   @philipojire   @ojirechevaughn  ''.One more photo below.

     Police in ogun state on 5th of October 2019 apprehended a 39 year old man Olakunle Agbaje for stealing a two month old baby at no 32 odukoya street Adesan in mowe area of obafemi owode local government. The arrest of the suspect followed a distress call received by the police in mowe division headquarters that a woman Marufu Taiwo was sleeping in her room at Adesan area of mowe when the suspect who resides at no 13 Dennis street Arigbawonwo sneaked into her room and took the baby boy from her side. While the suspect was tiptoeing out of the room, the mother of the child woke up and raised alarm consequent upon which distress call was made to the police. On receiving the information,  the DPO Mowe division SP Marvis Jayeola quickly moved to the scene with his men where the suspect was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect who first claimed that he strayed into the woman's room unknowingly later started begging for mercy with the plea that he didn't ...